«Mademoiselle Aïssé was the woman which launched the grotesque trend called robe à la circassienne. Her destiny signed the history of costume in an exceptional way: coming from the Circassia, in the area of the Caucasus, beautiful and impatient, she was purchased at the slave market in Constantinople by the ambassador of France Monsieur de Ferriol.

Her dress was open at the front and featured from three cords to be raised up to the ankle, sleeves more short of those of the petticoat, which instead had a cascade of lace that cames to the wrist.

Obtained with fabrics with strong colors contrasting and adorned with stripes and animal inserts, the Circassian style she anticipated centuries in its essence the spirit of the punk of the second half of the twentieth century.

Aggression and amazement, break with the elegant schemes of a respectable style, suburban origin they are just some of the affinities that in a pindaric flight join two worlds apparently very distant between them.»

From my archive “Lerario Lapadula” five precious and rare period dresses, exhibited during a fashion show. Each of the garments represents a model of the woman of her time, between style, character and social dimension.

Dress made of delicate black silk with silk tulle collar and ivory-colored chemical lace adorned with gold-colored coral on the chest.

The silhouette, elegant and dramatic, refers to the archetype of vamp lady typical of early century cinema. Women portrayed in a state of fluctuating passion and madness, wrapped in an aura of mystery and characterized by notes of malice.

This is a dress made inside the most important tailoring of Indiana in active throughout the ‘900, also known for having welcomed among its workers the many young European emigrants. The tailoring is now home to an important fashion museum of the same name.

This dress is made of a sophisticated silk tulle entirely embroidered with pearl and silver gray sequins together with handpainted shells coming from the distant Pacific Ocean. All this generates beautiful decorations on the bottom of the dress, with a clear embroidery to the art-Dèco and then to the new discovery of the sparkling oriental culture.

Great evening gown dated 1952 and signed by brand “Sorelle Rossaro”, Milano. This is a rare example of the creation of Italian high fashion belonging to a fashion house no longer existing that was born during the twenty years Fascist in Milan, located in via Montenapoleone.